What a beauty! Taken her to the range yet?Just picked this beauty up today at Four Seasons here in B-town. Springfield Armory 1918 manufacture (SN in the 800,000 range), barrel dated May 1918.
Not yet, but hopefully within the next week or two. Would be nice to gather more ammo for it before then, but .30-06 is hardly cheap...What a beauty! Taken her to the range yet?
Not yet, but hopefully within the next week or two. Would be nice to gather more ammo for it before then, but .30-06 is hardly cheap...
Speaking of muzzleloaders, here's my 20 gauge Virginia fowler. Yep, it's a southpaw gun.
And here's my collection of WWI infantry rifles as it currently stands:
From top:
Mosin-Nagant M1891, Tula 1916, 7.62x54mmR
Mle. 1886 M93 Lebel, Tulle 1891, 8x50mmR Lebel
M1891 Carcano, Turin 1897, 6.5x52mm Carcano
Arisaka Type 38, Koishikawa Arsenal, 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka
Steyr-Mannlicher M1895, Steyr 1915, 8x50mmR Mannlicher
Gewehr 98, DWM 1906, 7.92x57mm
Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III*, BSA 1917, .303 British
Springfield M1903, Springfield Armory 1918, .30-06
Savage 17hmr {older pic have since replaced the rings with shorter ones}
That is an incredible collection! Some of the best most durable weapons ever made! So jealous!Speaking of muzzleloaders, here's my 20 gauge Virginia fowler. Yep, it's a southpaw gun.
And here's my collection of WWI infantry rifles as it currently stands:
From top:
Mosin-Nagant M1891, Tula 1916, 7.62x54mmR
Mle. 1886 M93 Lebel, Tulle 1891, 8x50mmR Lebel
M1891 Carcano, Turin 1897, 6.5x52mm Carcano
Arisaka Type 38, Koishikawa Arsenal, 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka
Steyr-Mannlicher M1895, Steyr 1915, 8x50mmR Mannlicher
Gewehr 98, DWM 1906, 7.92x57mm
Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III*, BSA 1917, .303 British
Springfield M1903, Springfield Armory 1918, .30-06